Braid-guiding device for sewing machines



I. GRICIUNAS.

BRAID GUIDING DEVICE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED on. 13, 1920.

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IGNATI GRICIUNAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 13, 1920. Serial No. 416,617.

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Be it known that l, IoNAri (JiRLOlUNAS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in liraiid-Guiding Devices for Sewing lllachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in braid guiding means for sewing machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a braid guiding means of novel, simple and eiiicient construction whereby braid may be guided to the sewing needle of a sewing machine and to the face of the fabric to which the braid is to be sewed in such a manner that the needle will enter and leave the braid at and from the same face thereof and not penetrating the braid to the opposite face thereof during the sewing operation, resultingin sewing the braid to the fabric by blind stitches which do not appear upon the exposed. face of the braid after it has been sewed to the fabric.

The invention includes a novel braid guiding device which may be readily applied to and removed from the presser foot of a sewing machine, so thatany one of a number of devices constructed to guide braids of different widths may be applied to the presser foot.

By the aid. of my invention any color or quality of thread may be employed in sewing braid to fabric without having the sewing thread appear upon the exposed face of the braid sewed to the fabric to mar or disfigure the color or texture of the braid, resulting not only in a product which is cheaper to manufacture, but also in one which has a much finer and more desirable appearance I due to the absence of stitches onthe exposed face of the braid.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, 1

Figure '1 is a side elevation of a portion of a sewingmachine provided with a braid guiding device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the part shown in Fig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are sectional details, on lines 33 and 44, respectively, of Fig. 1,

of the presser foot and parts carried thereby.

Figure 5 is a perspective view the braid guiding devices.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section, on line c .e of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates the sewing needle of an ordinary sewing machine which may be of any suitable construction, 5 designates the presser foot of the machine, and 7 the floor or support thereof over which the fabric or work to be sewed is advanced beneath the needle 2 and presser foot 5 during the sewing operation which is performed in the usual manner well known to persons skilled in this art.

8 designates a piece of cloth upon thesupport '7 and 9 a strip of braid fed to the need'le 2 and cloth 8 to be sewed to the face of the latter, The braid 9 is drawn from a reel or spool 10 whichmay be suitably supported of one of 111 any convenient position. The braid passes from the spool 10 through a guiding eye 11 on the sewing machine frame 12, thence down through a curvedand flattened tube 13 over the top of the presser foot to a braid guiding device 14, and down through the needle opening 15 in the presser foot 5, and around the edge 16 forming the back of the needle opening 15, anol'then back beneath the presser foot 5 and over the fabric 8, in the direction of the travel thereof, during the sewing operation.

As the braid passes around the edgs 16, it passes down through the path of the point of the needle 2 and in such relation thereto that, as the needle 2 is reoiprocated, it enters and leaves the braid 9 at and from the same face thereof and does not penetrate to the opposite face thereof. It will be understood, therefore, that the braid 9 will be sewedrtoflthe fabric 8 as it meets the same and passes through the needle path and be neath the pre'sser foot, and that the stitches passingthrough the braid will not appear upon the upper or exposed face thereof.

The braid guiding tube 13 penetrates the Patented Bil ar 2 1, 1922.

vertical limb 17 of the press'er foot 5,. as

shown in the drawings, and it is secured thereto by soldering orany suitable means;

ceive braid of a particular width from the tube 13' and guide the braid centrally to the needle 2. The device 1d comprises a transverse portion 18 seated on the presser foot 5 between the needle opening 15 therein and the lower end of the tube 13, a pair of prongs 19 extending downwardly from the part 18 and into perforations in the presser foot 5, and two spaced arms 20 adapted to receive a braid of a particular width between them to guide the same, and the distance between which is equal to the width of the braid to be guided thereby. The braid 9, as it leaves thetube 13, passes over the part 18 and between the arms 20; and the arms 20 extend upwardly from the part 18 to receive the braid from the tube 13, and then down wardly into the needle opening 15 in the presser foot on the respective sides of the needle path to guide the braid centrally to the needle 2 as the braid passes to and around the edge 16.

The prongs 19 engaging the walls of the perforation in .whichthey are seated hold the guiding device in place upon the presser foot 5.; and the device may be readily removed by withdrawing the prongs 19 from the perforations, and another device '14 "whose arms 20 are spaced differently maybe substituted by inserting its prongs into the perforations in the presser foot 5. The several devices 14 are alikeexcepting that their arms 20 have different spaces between them, the space between the arms of each device corresponding with the width of the braid to be guided thereby.

The fabric 8 may be guided by the. operative, during the sewing'operatio'n, to sew the braid or trimming 9 thereto me straight line or the fabric 8 may be manipulated to sew the braid or trimming 9'thereto in-accordance with a particular design-or pattern.

. I claim as my invention: a

1.. A sewing machine presser foot providedhwith a horizontal portion having a needle opening therein and provided with a braid guiding device adapted to guide braid to and through said opening, said device being removable from the presser foot and comprising a transverse portion seated on the horizontal portion of the presser foot and, adapted to receive the braid, spaced guiding armsadapted to receive the braid between them, and a prongsextending into a perforation in the horizontal portion of the presser footand adapted to be held there in by the pressure of braid passing over the guiding device. a

21A sewing machine presser foot pro vided with a horizontal portion having a needle opening therein and provided with a braid guiding device adapted tov guide braid to and throughsaid opening, said device heingiremovable from the presser foot: and

comprising a transverse portion seated on portion of the presser foot and adapted to be held therein by the pressure of braid passing over the guiding device.

3. A sewing machine presser foot having a needle opening therein and provided with a braid guiding device adapted to guide braid to and through said opening, said de vice being removable from the presser foot and comprising a transverse portion seated on the presser foot and adapted to receive the braid, spaced guiding arms adapted to receive the braid between them and extending first upwardly from said transverse portion and then downwardly into said opening, and means. co-operating with the presser foot to hold said device in place thereon.

i. A braid guiding device for a sewing machinepresser foot, comprising a transverse portion adapted to rest upon the presser foot, two spaced integral prongs extending therefrom and adapted to be seated in perforations inthe presser foot to prevent the device from turning or shifting its position thereon, and two spaced guiding arms extending-"from the .transverse portion and integral therewith and adapted to receive and guide braid between them.

5. A braid guiding device for a sewing machine presser foot, comprising a transverse portion adapted to rest upon the presser foot, an integral prong extending therefrom and adapted to be seated in a perforation in the presser foot to hold the device in place thereon, and two spaced guiding arms extending upwardly from: the transverse portion and integral therewith and adapted toreceive and guide braid between them, the free ends of said arms being turned downwardly and adapted to entera needle opening in the presser foot;

6. 'A braid guiding device for a sewing machine presserrfoot, comprising a transverse portion. adapted to rest upon the presser foot, two spaced integral prongs ex tending therefrom and adapted to be seated in perforations in the presser foot to prevent the device from turning or shiftingits position thereon, and two spaced guiding r ennri enroniNAs. 

